After relaxing in the Delta Crown Club for an hour, I boarded my ten hour flight to Newark. The flight itself wasn’t bad and went by quickly. I actually got a little sleeping in as well as some spider solitaire. The lady sitting next to me was interesting and talkative, and Dr. Bradford was in front. I guessing it was them two who made the trip go by quick. The lady was living in Berlin during World War II. She asked me what I was studying, and she responded back, “Oh, I don’t like to talk about World War II.” It was amusing to have her randomly start talking to me in German. She spoke good English being American, but she got use to speaking German while back in the homeland.
Getting back of to America was a sigh of relief. Seeing and hearing English is an awesome experience after being in France and Germany for a month and knowing very little of either languages. But the sigh of relief was short lived… My baggage came out ten minutes after everyone else’s luggage. On my way to New York City, I begin to suffer from what I’ll call “subway syndrome.” It’s the phenomenon where people became brain dead trying to travel via rail or subway. On the train ride from Newark to NYC, I got off at Penn Station in New Jersey instead of New York. Why the hell are there two Penn Stations? Fortunately it was only a wasted half hour and four extra dollars. Once I got to the Penn Station in NYC, I hopped on the subway. Long story short, I basically road up and down the subway on the same part of town for an hour, asked people for help, and had to lug around my backpack, duffel bag, and fifty pound suitcase up and down flights of stairs. By the time I actually got to my hotel, I was sweaty, thirsty, and ready to sleep.
After resting around and getting into arguments with my family, we walked to Broadway to check it out and get something to eat. We went to an Italian placed called Carmines. The portions were big (its served family style), and the prices were nice considering the size of the portions and being in NYC. Maybe it just seemed cheap because I’m use to Europe and paying in Euros.